Friday 12 January 2017 SPENCER JONES FROM THE VOICE HEADLINES AUSTRALIA DAY CONCERT AT NORTH RYDE COMMON

Australia Day Concert and Fireworks Spectacular at North Ryde Common from 5.00 - 9.00pm.

Spencer Jones appeared on The Voice last year and the crowd erupted every time he took to the stage and won the hearts of Australians everywhere. With his raspy vocals and bluesy rock tone he was quickly hailed as a “Rock God” and will headline this year’s City of Ryde Australia Day Concert.

Spencer’s music career started in his homeland of the UK, recording and touring with some of the nation’s best musicians – Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy), Deborah Bonham, Kim Mazelle (Soul2Soul), Mica Paris, Asia, Andy Barnett (FM) and more.

While singing on stage in London, in walked the girl of his dreams, an Australian named Claudia. Spencer couldn’t let her go, followed her down under, got married, had 2 adorable children, and for the past 20 years has made Australia his home.

Just as he had left off in London, Spencer picked it right back up when landing in Australia, recording and singing live with Australia’s best – Jimmy Barnes, Dave Leslie (Baby Animals), Eddie Parisi (Baby Animals), Craig Porteils (Richie Sambora), the multi Aria and Grammy award winning Eric J Dubowsky and many more.

Spencer will be performing his current releases and epic rock classics on the stage and will end with the fireworks spectacular!

Album: ‘Your World’ - produced by Andy Reilly (Bon Jovi, Iron Maiden, Poison) New release: “Warrior” - partnering to write with Ash Maklad (Shannon Noll, Wendy Matthews) who also produced the new single, has proven to push them beyond their limits.

Quotes from the Voice: Delta Goodrem - “Spencer, you’re a great showman and I’m a big fan.” Boy George – “Spencer you took it off into the stratosphere!” Kelly Rowland - “Spencer set the stage on fire. I couldn’t contain myself in my chair, I just had to get up!” Sonia Kruger - “Spencer you make it look so easy! You had every one on their feet!” ______Media Contact: Liz Berger, City of Ryde, Communications phone 9952 8082 mobile 0478 333 805 email [email protected]